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Ceratostoma monoceros

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex monoceros was named by Sowerby (1840).

It was recombined as Murex (Cerostoma) monoceros by Tryon (1880); it was recombined as Murex (Pterorhytis) monoceras by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Purpura monoceros by Stewart (1927); it was recombined as Purpura (Purpura) monoceros by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Pterorytis monoceros by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Ceratostoma monoceros by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Murex monoceros Sowerby p. 143
1869Muricidea (Phyllonotus) paucivaricata Gabb p. 43 figs. PI. 14. Fig. 1
1880Murex (Cerostoma) monoceros Tryon p. 115 figs. Pl. 35, Figs. 388, 389
1888Muricidea paucivaricata Cooper p. 252
1903Murex (Pterorhytis) monoceras Arnold p. 246
1927Purpura monoceros Stewart pp. 388 - 389 figs. Plate XXXII, fig. 1
1931Purpura (Purpura) monoceros Grant, IV and Gale p. 706
1959Pterorytis monoceros Kanakoff and Emerson p. 30
2021Ceratostoma monoceros Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyThaidinaeJousseaume 1888
genusCeratostoma(Hermannsen 1846)
speciesmonoceros(Sowerby 1840)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ceratostoma monoceros Sowerby 1840
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Invalid names: Muricidea paucivaricata Gabb 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Murex monoceras (222660) Pterorytis monoceros (160361) Purpura monoceros (240604)